λῃστήν (lesten)

λῃστήν is an Ancient Greek form of λῃστής, meaning “robber, pirate”.

It can also be a form of ληιστής, “robber”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of ληιστός, “(to be) plundered”.

Found 26 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Alcestis 766: ξένον, πανοῦργον κλῶπα καὶ λῃστήν τινα,

Euripides, Rhesus 516: λῃστὴν γὰρ ὄντα καὶ θεῶν ἀνάκτορα

All forms of λῃστής (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.